Low tuberculosis treatment initiation after positive tuberculosis lipoarabinomannan results
Gils T, Madonsela T, Kamele M, Ayakaka I, Van Heerden A, Vlieghe E, Bresser M, Decroo T, et al. (11 authors)
ERJ open research · 2024-07
Abstract
A positive urine TB-LAM result should lead to TB treatment initiation. TB treatment uptake was low after a positive TB-LAM but negative Xpert test. A lack of trust in TB-LAM results by clinicians and false-positive results may contribute to these results. https://bit.ly/3VGHekC.